Science & Health

Jeff DeWit appointed as new CFO of NASA

The position of CFO at US space agency NASA has been vacant since the Trump administration took over in January 2017.

Mar 16, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Infants have capability of logical reasoning before they can talk: Study

Contradicting the views of legendary psychologist Jeane Piaget, a new study has revealed that infants can reason logically before they can talk

Mar 16, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Setback to alien search? NASA's spacecraft looking for extra-terrestrials running out of fuel

Kepler telescope widely considered the most successful alien planet hunter in the history is running out of fuel

Mar 16, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa Alien

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Russia to send 18th mission to Mars next year, Will it be successful?

Russia has the highest record of launching 17 missions to Mars since 1960 though only two of them were partially successful.

Mar 16, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Scientists develop liver-friendly alcohol which will give you the high, sans medical problems

An Indian researcher has formulated a compound named NTX, when infused with vodka, will lessen the damage of liver

Mar 15, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Physically-fit women less likely to develop dementia, says study

Researchers say that the highly fit women were 88 per cent less likely to develop dementia than the moderately fit women.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

What Stephen Hawking did not reveal: Can information be really lost in the universe?

Robert McNees, a physicist at Loyola University in Chicago said that "Soft Hair on Black Holes," study shows people are still working on the unrevealed black hole mystery.

Mar 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Space travel may cause long-term change to DNA: NASA

Previous studies showed the effect on the body after the standard-duration six-month missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Nasa

Extra-terrestrials would have been dead by the time their messages reach us, say scientists

A new study conducted by a team of researchers in Switzerland has revealed that alien civilizations would have been died off by the time their message reach us

Mar 15, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Alien

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What would have happened if Stephen Hawking was not born?

If Stephen Hawking was not born on earth, various theories put forward by this brilliant personality may be still unknown to the human kind

Mar 15, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Artificial intelligence

Heavy snow wreaks havoc in China, US, hundreds of flights cancelled

In the US, some 470 flights, about one-third of the total scheduled flights have been cancelled due to snow storm

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Rare Australian humpback dolphin at risk of extinction, says study

Researchers from Flinders University studied the Australian humpback dolphin, endemic to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, for 17 years before coming to the conclusion that it was a separate species within the Sousa family.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

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Hawking a celebrity face of modern physics: Rahul Gandhi

From political leaders to tech giants to Bollywood fraternity, Indians across the world paid their tribute to the most revered universal scientist.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Indians are so good at mathematics, said Hawking once

In his 2001 visit to India, Stephen Hawking met then President K.R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan and told him, "Indians are so good at mathematics and physics".

Mar 15, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Triumph of spirit over form: The extraordinary life and career of Stephen Hawking (Obituary)

At the age of 70, he participated in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London sending out the message for all crippled people across the world.

Mar 15, 2018

By Vikas Datta

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Science & Health

Jeff DeWit appointed as new CFO of NASA

Infants have capability of logical reasoning before they can talk: Study

Setback to alien search? NASA's spacecraft looking for extra-terrestrials running out of fuel

Russia to send 18th mission to Mars next year, Will it be successful?

Scientists develop liver-friendly alcohol which will give you the high, sans medical problems

Physically-fit women less likely to develop dementia, says study

What Stephen Hawking did not reveal: Can information be really lost in the universe?

Space travel may cause long-term change to DNA: NASA

Extra-terrestrials would have been dead by the time their messages reach us, say scientists

What would have happened if Stephen Hawking was not born?

Heavy snow wreaks havoc in China, US, hundreds of flights cancelled

Rare Australian humpback dolphin at risk of extinction, says study

Hawking a celebrity face of modern physics: Rahul Gandhi

Indians are so good at mathematics, said Hawking once

Triumph of spirit over form: The extraordinary life and career of Stephen Hawking (Obituary)

Frozen Secret: Thousands of 'Alien-Like' Icefish Nests Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

Frozen Secret: Thousands of 'Alien-Like' Icefish Nests Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

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